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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. ! Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1886. j A Word About Stealing. Within the last week two colored mo.i have | heen put in jail at Abbeville Court House on-! tier charges of thclt?one for stealing a horse, the other for stalling a hog. We cannot hope to instill belter principles j Into a man who Is not honest, but we may of j fer a suggestion or two which may make him ; "too cautious to violate the law. For this rca" sou wc shall not attempt to deliver a! homily on the sin and disgrace attending the I crime of theft Our purpose is to speak | of the practical difficulties incident to the ac* complishment of the act of appropriating to one's own use the poods of another. The laws of this country are so framed that even an honest man may get In the penitentl. ary, but the negro who attempts to steal a horse or a cow Is certain lo be detected and punished. It Is extremely difficult even for a man of intelligence and extraordinary shrewdness to moke way with a horse and then conceal the identity of the thief. No man without accomplices in a distant State can sleal a horse in the neighborhood in which he lives without being detected, and it Is, under any circumstances the blindest folly for an ignorant person to 6teal a horse. He cannot possibly escape detection and arrest. None short of a first class man, acquainted with the ways of the world, can make a success at horse stealIn?. There Is another matter which Is even more difficult than horse stealing, and which not even the smartest man in America win accomplish. We refer to the stealing of a cow, and the concealment of the perpetrator of the crime. That is a feat which no negro, nor white man need attempt. It would not be half as hard to rob a bank vault as to steal a cow and then evade detection. The head and horns, the hide, and the beef itself, will alavays tell the tale. Another difficult thing is to steal a hog, Though this can be done sometimes without detection, but we would venture to advise all persons of whatever station in life, and without regard to previous condition, to let horses, mules, cows and hogs alone. If the desire to possess themselves of another's property is so great that they cannot resist stealing something, we would suggest the advisability of our colored citizens sticking to 'theirowu legitimate businessof lifting a stray chicken or hiding nn intruding turkey. Thieves seldom get caught at this kind of a jjob, butas certain as the negro attempts grand larceny be will be caught- A negro may make a reasonably eood thief in small mat tere, bat whenever he attempts grand larceny he will fall into the hnnds of the law, and eventually land in the penitentiary. There Is no escape for this class of offenders. For the reasons above mentioned we would urge the colored people not to steal any thing more valuable than a turkey. A chicken or a turkey will lurnislia good square meal for the hungry thiet and his family. With a full stomach and all traces of the eaten game destroyed, he can, like the children of Israeli safely trust to Providence to send another day's rations. This class of our citizens will remember that once in the olden times, for the children of Israel, manna fell daily with the dews from heaven in sufficient quantity to satisfy their hunger for the day, but when a greedy fellow gathered up a big lot of it and stored it away for the morrow's use it spoiled on hlR hands. As the children of Israel had xo gainer up iuc umuun negro to steal only enough for one day's allowance. When he acts the hog ami attempts to pile up a month's supply of meat at one time, it may not spoil on his han.ls, but It will remain in the house to testify against the man who laid It up. We tnJst that our colored citizens who may conclude to steal something may rcilect on what we have said. A negro is not endowed with the natural ability to make a succcssful > thief, and his education at the public schools has been too much neglected to warrant him in attempting grand larceny In any form. His limited education at the public schools <does not fit him for the business of forging notes^nd orders to the stores. It requires a highly educated person who is an expert pensenan to do this, and when the forgery and tbe -transfer of the goods is complete, the forger must always leave the country without delay. It Is uttorly impossible for any man to comimit a forgery on a neighbor without being de" :tectcd. The forger's only safety Is in flight ifrom the country. It ts Impossible for the negro to steal liorses, mules and cows. He had better open a bank with a crowtar. Or, better still, when he is in need of eomethiias to eat, and is sorely press- j o<J tor the necessaries of life, lie bad better go j 4o a nf-lglibor gudgeon and buy hiscow or hog 1 -on a credit. This cau usually be done by I promising to work for film at half price, and | vat the same time undertaking to give double .price for the needed animal. II his neighbor will not trust him for the whole, he might pay a small portion in cash, and then pay the remainder next summer. The Atlantic. Greenville and Western Railway. Our friends at Ninety-Six are to be congrat-; ulated. We think they have effected an arrangement whereby they will soon have running by their town a splendid railroad which ! will make that an important trade centre. We all know what a new road has done for; Greenwood, and what was done for Greeu-J wood by her new railroad may bo done fori Ninety-Six by the road which is soon to be! built by that town. The new road, In the hands of Rusong Jc Co., Js to be finished to Greenville by January, iSS9, for the faithful performance of which contract they have given satisfactory bond. One feature of the road, "while just to the Remainder of the county, is especially advantageous to the citizens of the township -who have taxed themselves to build this road. J ;^*ectlon eight of the charter provides: "That all taxes received from the railroad I oipon the levy for County purposes, Instead j of going Into the County Treasury, shall be j applied by the County Treasury and County Commissioners to the payment of the interest | ?an the bonds subscribed by such Townships j respectively." Cokesbury and Ninety-Six have voted a tax on the property of these townships. In the county there are about twenty-five miles of /oad, and, we believe, the road runs through no oilier townsnips. ii we are corrcci in in is; assumption, twenty-five miles of road, as-j sessed at $6,000 a mile will piake $150,000 of, taxable property, the levy upon which "for .county purposes ? ? * shall bo epplied to the payment of the Interest on the bonds" jvbich the townships have Issued bonds for^ the road. This will go a long way toward relieving the tax payers, and we hope that in view ofi the sDlendId prospects for a magniflclent road, that all opposition to the payment of the tax, as voted, for the road, will ccase. Hon. F. A. Connor has reason to congratulate himself, that the people owe him a debt of gratitude for his zeal,energy and influence j rmrnri! eppurlnar the contract with Susontr <S? Co. It was largely tl)rough his ability and; sagacity that the presont pleasing outlook is before us. The Atlantic, Greenville and Western Rnll-i way will be a great acquisition to the wealth ; and Importance of Abbeville county, and j Messrs. F. M. Pope and L. M. Moore will be: public benefactors. Men of their energy and pluck would build up any place, and we ex-j pectto see Ninety-Six an important trade centre at no distant day. CArr. Mili-s may rest assured that every stockholder in Abbeville county will be true to the Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad. There is not a man among us who would I or a few dojjars sell out our prospects ' for a road. | The Chewier, (Irccnwood and Abbeville Road. In a recent interview with General lioke It is learned tlint immediate steps will be taken to submit to the stockholders of the Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Itailroad Company, for their acceptance, the amended charter obtained at the last meeting of the Legislature. In this charter the name is changed to the Georgia, Carolina nnd Northern Ilnilroad. Important and beneficial cliangcs are made in Hie nriiriimi charter. Under the general railroad law in this State, the directors of any railroad are authorized to agree to consolidate with any other railroad company in or out of the State connected therewith, and the terms of the said agree" ment are required to be submitted to the ; stockholders of each company separately at a meeting, after thirty days notice, and if the stockholders confirm the said agreement the consolidation will be complete. We understand that the purpose is to con| solidate with the Georgia and North Carolina divisions as soon as practicable, and^the work will then be pushed forward vigorously to completion. If no obstacle is interposed, we see no reason why the road should not be under contract for construction by the summer of 1887, in which event It will indeed be a god-send to this part of the country. The large amount of cash money which will be distributed along tho line of the rond, will relieve me wants and necessities of the people, and prevent much suffering which will otherwise be felt unless some such enterprise as this brings relief. The immediate country tlnough which Ihe line will be located will reap the greatest benefit from contracts for labor, lumber, cross-ties and for any thing else that the people may have to dispose of. These advantages, It seems to us, would be sufficient to induce land owners any where to proffer the right of way In order to Induce the location of the road, for the reason that there can be no doubt that the route offering the greatest Inducement will get the rond. It any one has any doubt of the advantages of location as above stated, let him enquire of the people along the line of the Augusta and Greenwood Railroad, as to what relief they received from the construction of that road In a year when there was almost as great a scarcity of money and provisions as there is today. The C., G. A. It. R. Th^re are rumors to tho effect that unknown parties are trying to buy a controlling Interest in the Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad, and we have tried to trace the reports, but, so far, we have been unable to get any Information which is conclusive. We feel perfectly certain of this, however, that no public spirited citizcn should sell his stock to any unknown corporation or syndicate, or lend his countenance or approval to any scheme which has for its purpose tho destruction of the present possibility of getting the much desired road. We think we are safe in saying that no stockholder in Abbeville will assign or trans fer his stock to anybody, and we would assure Captain Mills. President of the Road, that he need have no feare of a "sell-out" in this section. The people want the road, and they will stick to it to the last No enemy to the enterprise can buy the Abbeville stock, and no corporation who may seek to kill the road in its inclplency can flud a stockholder in this town who would sacrifice the interests of the community for the sake of a few dollars. If we remain true to ourselves we will get theroad, but if we sell out for a sonp, and thus enoble others to kill our road, we shall have reason to regret the course. We cannot see how any friend to the can wish to possess himself of anybody's stock and we look with suspicion upon any propo, si lion to t oy it. Let our people remain true to themselves, and true to the best interests of the road. The officers and directors will no doubt prove true to their trusts,and the stockholders have only to hold fast to their stock. The Election or Judge. On last Wednesday an election was held by the General Assembly in the House of Representatives for Judge of the Eighth Circuit. Wm. H. Parker, Ksq., contrary to the expectations and wishes of this community, was defeated. Colonel Joseph J. Norton, of Willlialla, was the succcssful candidate. It is to be hoped that the expectations and promises of his friends may bo realized, and that the State may find in him au able and faithful officer. It Is useless for us to again say what we think of Mr. Parker as a man and his qualifications forjudge. We simply Incorporate the opinion of ourdisinterested neighbor, the Auyxusta Chronicle: I stated in my dispatch last nlsrht. the election of the Hon. W. H. Parker, of Abbeville, to Jill the unexpired term of the Presidency of the Bar Association, imule vacant by ttie lato lamented Col. James II. Eion. I have] this to say, that in my Judgment?and I be-i lieveallthe lawyers in the State will agree with me-the association could not have >oade a better selection. Mr. Parker, if I am n\?t mistaken, has been a member of the Li-gislature since the dark days of '76. Ills voice since his public career lias at all times! been heard for truth and right. I 1-ave often ! visited Mr. Parker's county on business? j such business that enabled ine to meet and j converse with all professions nnd classes ofi his people, bnt I have never heard anything; hut good of him from any of thorn. Mr. Pur-1 ker was defeated for the Judgeship of the j eighth district against Col. Norton, who Is a prominent lawyer, a noble soldier and a high toned gentleman. Mr. Parker will not worry over this, because a man of his calibre ami j honesty will no doubt be called out to serve] his people In as high or even a higher position than that of Circuit Judge. In making mention of Mr. Parker,Just after his election ' as President of the Har Association I do not wish it understood that there is any reflection cast on the other gentlemen who were also candidates for the Judgeship. mm ^ Why the Difference. In Georgia, Circuit Judges get a salary of two thousand dollars a year, in South Carolina! they get thirty-five hundred, nearly twice as j much. TheNuprome Judges In that State get1 three thousand dollars. In this State fourl thousand, why tbe ditTermce^?Edgcflcld Advertiser. And we suggest, if our Circuit Judges hereafter shall have little else to do than to sen" tence negroes to the penitentiary for theft' lint the nnv of the South Carolina .Judges be reduced to two thousand dollars. We have In | Abbeville county a dozen Trial Justices who | are'mentally able, and who arc sufficiently | learned In the law, to do this simple task) at two thousand dollars a year. A Merited ITonor. Our people were gratified that the Bar of the State should have elected our townsman, the Hon. William II. Parker, as President of the State Bar Association. There Is no man in the State who is better qualified to fill the place than Mr. Parker. He Is a profound lawyer, of Ion-; and extended practice, and of high executive ability, and as one who has edded honor to the Abbeville Bar?a Bar long I noted for its able lawyers?he will reflect in ! his new position credit alike upon the Assoei" ation uod upon the State at large. Editorial Visit. We were delighted to welcome Into our of-1 ficc last Monday that true and tried Journalist, Mr. R. R. Todd, of the Anderson Journal. We are always glad to see Mr. Todd In Abbeville. He Is a bachelor, and one whom wo be* j llcvo could not fall lo fall down and worship some of our divinities. If he would only go j among them. Mr. Todd's paper is a model of | excellcnce, and he himself Is worthy of all praise. The bovs will do well to remember that it will cost $25 to pop u (Ire cracker in Charlotte. The merchants will do well to remember thnt j it will cost $500 to sell flic works.?Ckurlullc ! Observer. The above paragrapli refers to a pood law, and we ljope that the town council of Abbe-! viJJe will act on the suggestion, and do so in time to give all parties due notice. Cai't. J. T. Parks is now in charge of the Jail. "THE NEW SOUTH." SHERMAN A CARELESS MAN ABOUT FIRE ?WHAT HAPPENED WHEN LEE SURT?rvnrnvT? iwn TnTrwsnN QUIT. Speech of Ho:i. H. \V. Grady before the "Xcw England Society" ofXcw York. The speech of Mr. Henry \V. Grady, one of the editors of tlK. Atlanta (Git) Constitution, at the dinner Wednesday evening of the New England Society In New York, was the tentine of the oeenslon, and the best, according to (he Sun, that has been delivered in New York in many years. When Mr. Grady arose to speak he was received witit ratIlinpr cheers. He was the first out-and-out Southerner to he invited to a dinner of the New England Society, and lie spoke for "The New South" with warmth and frankness. He was repeatedly lnturrupted by the cheers of the New Englanders. Among other things he said: In speaking to the toast with which you have honored me I accept the term, "The M""' e?.ti#h " at in nn ?nnsf> (lisnrtrnuinir to the old. Dear to me. Kir, is the home of my childhood and the traditions of my people. There Is a new South, not through protest against the old, but because of new conditions, new adjustments, and. if you please, new ideas and aspirations. It is to this that I address myself. I nsk you, gentlemen, to picture, if you can, the footsore soldier who, buttoning up in his faded gray Jacket the parole which was taken, testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, turned his face southward from Appomattox In April, 1811-5. Think of him as rugged, halfstarvod, heavy-hearted, enfeebled by want and wounds, having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun. wrings the hands of his comrades, and, lifting his tear-strained and pallid face for the last time to the sraves that dot ttie old Virginia hills, pulls his pray cap over his brow, and begins the slow and painful Journey. What does he find?let me ask you, who went to your homes eager to find all the welcome you had justly earned, full payment for four years' sacrifice?what does lieflnd when he reaches the home he left four years before? He find* his house In ruins, hfs farm devastated, his slaves freed, his stock killed, b is barns empty, his trade destroyed, his money worthless; his social system feudal In Its maeniflcence, swept away; his people without law or lesal status, his comrades slain, and the burdens of others h?avy on his shoulder. Crushed by defeat, his very traditions gone, without money, credit, employment, material, or training?and, besides all tills, confronted with the pravest problem that ever met human intelligence-tho establishing of a status for the vast body of his liberated slaves; what docs he do, thl3 heroin grey, with a heart of gold? Does lie sit down In sullenness, in despair? Not for a day. Surely God, who had scourged him in his prosperity, inspired him in his adversity! As ruin was never before so overwhelming, never was restoration swifter. The soldier stepped from the trenches into the furrow ; horses that had charged Federal guns marched before the nlow. and fields that ran red with human Glood in April were green with the harvest, in June; women reared In luxury cut up their dresses and innde brecohes for their husbands, and, with a patience and heroism that fits woman always as ? garment., en ve their hands to work. There was little bitterness In nil this. Cheerfulness nnd frankness prevailed 'Hill Arp'struck the keynote when he said: "Well I killed as many of them as they did of me. and now I am going to work." Or the soldier, returning home nfter defeat nnd roasting some corn on the roadside, who made the remark to his comrades: 'You may leave the South If you want to, but I ain going to Sandersvlile, kiss my wife, and raise a crop, nnd if the Yankees fool with me any more 1 will whip'em agnln.' I want to say to Gen. Sherman?who is considered an able man In our parls, though some people think he Is a kind of careless man about /Ire?that from the ashes left us In 18'>l we have raised a brave and beautiful city; tnat somehow or other we have caught the sunshine In the bricks and mortar of our homes and have bulled therein not one siugle ignoble prejudice or memory. ' But what is the sum of onr work? We have found out that in the general summing up the free negro counts more than lie did as a slave. We have planted the school house on the hill top, and made it free to whit? and black. We have sowed towns nnd cities In *" ~ ~ ' ?' ??.i?? .? ?.! hnclnAcfi nhrtvo ino piace >! mini kh uiiti i>u? vu-?>v.fiollties. We have challenged your spinners n Mi issachnsctts and your iron makers In Pennsylvania. We have learned that the $400,000,000 annually received from our cotton crop will m.ike us rich. Then the supplies that make it are home raised. We have reduced the commercial rate of interest from 24 I tofrnereent., and are floating 4 p*r ci?nt. j bonus. We have learned that one Northern I immigrant is worth fifty foreigners, and have smoothed the path to Southward, wiped out! the place where Mason and Dixon's line used to he, and hung out our latch siring to you [ and your*. We liave.rcached the point tlint marks perfect harmony in every household, when the htishii'id eonfessi s thiit the pies J which Ills own wife hakes areas good as those his mother used to bake, and we admit that the sun shines as brightly and the moon as softly as it did before the war.' We have established thrift in city and country. We have fallen In love with work. We have restored comfort to homes front which culture and elegance never departed. We have let economy take root and spread among us as rank as the crab grass which sprang from Sherman's cavalry camns, until we are ready to lay odds on the Georgia Yankee as he squeezes pure olive oil out of his cotton seed, against any Down-Easier that ever swapped I wooden nutmegs for flannel sausages in the valley of Vermont. Above all, we know that ivo hrfvfi achieved in these 'Dining times of pcaee* a fuller independence'for the South j limn that which our fathers sought to win In the forum by their eloquence or compel on the field by their swords. It Is a rare privilege, sir, to have had part, however humble. In this work. Never was nobler duty confided to human hands than the upHftinganiT upbuilding of the prostrate and Weeding South, misguided. perhaps, but beautiful In her suffering'and honest, brave nnd generous always. In the record of her social. Industrial and political illustration we await with confidence the verdict of the* world. ' When Lee surrendered?I don't say when Johnson surrendered, bccauso I understand he still alludes to the time when he met (Jen. Sherman last as the time when lie determined to abandon any further prosecution of the struggle?when Lee surrendered, I s:iy, and Johnson quit, the South became, and has been since, loyal to this Union. We fought hard enough to know that wcwero whipped, and in perfect frankness accepted as final the arbitrament of the sword to which we had appealed! The South found her jewel in a toad's head. The shackle* that bad hold her iu narrow limitations fell forever when the shackles of the negro slave were broken. Under the old regime the negroes were slaves to the South, the South was u slave to the system. Thrs was gathered in the bands of a splendid and chivalrlc oligarchy the substance that should have been diffused among! the people, as tlie rich blood is gathered at the I heart, filling that with affluent rapture, but! leaving the body cliill nnd colorless. The old South rested everything on slavery and aurioiiltiin* nnmni'lniiK Hint, these could neither give nor maintain healthy growth. The new South presents a perfect democracy, the oligarchs leading into the populer movement?a I social system compact and closely knotted, j less splendid on the surface, but stronger at the core?a hundred farms for every planta-l tion. fifty homes for every place, and a diver j sifled industry that meets the complex needs j of this complex age.'' ig ?i "OLD FOGY'S" IDEAS OF PUBLIC PRINTING lie Think* (lie Court House Door Would <?ive Sufficient Publicity fop Offlclnl Reports. Editor Press and Banner : When you were complaining of Democratic cxtravaeance In county affairs, wliy did you say nothing about tlie printing? The school fund pays the Ahbeville papers this yenr S4.M.G". Now, If the f'onnty Commissioners and the County Treasurer pay in the same proportion, the three Abbeville papert must each receive from the county about S700 a year. lint, you know the exact amount. Please publish If. You ought to have called the attention of our representatives to tills matter. No such law ousriit to exist. Posting these reports upon the Court House bulletin for thirty days would have answered every purpose. Publishing such itemized reports jn three papers, and those three papers in the same little town, is the most outrageous piece of extravagance that was ever practiced upon a people. Mr. Editor, you onyht to cry aloud and spare not. A great responsibility rests upon you, as the proprietor of the leading eourty paper. You eaii easily rise above all selllsh considerations in the matter, and strike manfully for the public weal. The times urgently demand economy and retrenchment, in private, as well as in public affairs. Itespectfuliy, OLD FOGY. Yon Tickle 35c nn<l I'll Tickle Yon." [Newberry Observer.] . The Columbia letter of J. A. Moroso In tlie News and Courier? a portion of which is1 quoted elsewhere?reveals very clearly mo-1 tlvesthat. actuate Charleston and Columbia on public questions touching the interests of these two cities. An alliance of the kind de scribed has been suspected and hinted at before ; but Hits is the first public declaration of It. The Idea Involved appears clearly to be that whatever Columbia wants Charleston! should help her to get, and vicc verm. The Interest of the State lit itirgc is evidently a mutter of secoudary consideration. We are grati- j fled to see, though, that some of the represen-1 tatl ves of these cities do not take so uairow a view of their public duties. Is there a man among us who would sell > the Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville l'ull-1 road to an enemy ? 1 momnmmmmhmiammmamanmtm FROM OUR EARTHQUAKE CENTRE. Pleasant Times and Happy People in and Around Ninety-Six. Ninety-Six, R. C., Dec. 23,18Sfi. TlieRoorl people of Ninety-Six have had a nleasant Christmas and will enter tiDon the new ye ar with renewed energies, determlnad to make belter use of the "old thief," Time, than ever before. Our merchants have had a line trade considering the scarcity of money. The planters have paid lip pretty generally and every one seems in good spirits. At a shooting match which took place here on the 2Mb Instant?four birds each, with a thirty foot rise?the following score was made: Geo. M. Anderson : 110 1?3 .T. N. Lipscomb 0 10 0?1 J. D. Moore 0111-3 J. M Taylor. 10 11-3 James Rogers. Jr 0 11 1?3 J. H. Rice. Jr 1 1 * Mr. Rice killed his first two birds. At third fire his cartridge snapped, and his fourth bird was -so disabled It could not fly. I am confident ho would have done n6 well or bettor than any one else but for the6e misfortunes. A. Mc. Turner, scorer. Messrs. J:T. Bozeman, Ben.Klnard and others are home from the South Carolina University for the holidays. The Juveniles levied a tax of ten cents on every male citizen on Christmas day. Miss AnnaJones.of Abbeville, has been visiting Dr. Martin's family. The curbing and sanding of the sidewa ks on the South side makes a great improvement. We hope this spirit of improvement will be kept up. Some of our streets hf.ve heen in a dreadful condition. Can't you print the prohibition bill in your next that our Legislators had pussed for the county of Abbeville. Mr. F. W. Taylor, of Tennessee, who was here, a* he thought, for the winter, found it too cold and has gone to Florida. VvUl. Utuuc.% Ul I lie Sllll/llMU KsliruiHVlC, ay:iic Monday night Incur town, and went out to the Christmas tree. Col. Gaines Is a thorough newspaper man, represents a first class paper and never falls to make friends wherever he goes. Prof. E. C. McCants was at home during Christmas. Christmas tree at the Method!? t church on the 27th. Every thing passed off nicely. The Misses Smith, of Chappells, are visiting friends In Ninety-Six. There will be another shooting match in town this week. I will report it in next weM;'s paper. Rev. Mr. Cralsr preached In the Presbyterian church last Sunday morning and eveniicr. The people are very much pleased with Mr. Cruis and hope he will come oflener. Miss Mnry Rogers, who Is teaching at Cooper Limestone Institute, is at home during i.he holidays. Mr. James and wife, of W'alhalla, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Probst. Two bridal couples attended preaching at the Presbyterian church on last Sunday. Mr. East End's family are very n uch obllced to Mr. J. FT. Rice. Jr. for a nice mess of birds. They were delicious. We have no news to report. Our merchants and citizens seem to be anchored for anotlier yeur. E.vST END. FROM OUR RAILROAD CENTRE. The Happy Christmas Times About Greenwood. Greenwood, k. C., Dee. 28,188K. All have had a merry Christmas, and to-c;ay I.he stores are all open and everybody ts at work with unusual activity. The beautiful weather that we are hav ng lo-day is what is needed by the grain crop that is struggling for existence. Mr. D. K. Durst is very sick. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. B.iiley of Clinton are visiting Mr. C. G. Waller and others here. Misses Minnie and Us clle Blake of Anlreviile are visiting Mr. It P. Blake. Mr. 8. B. Hodges received his first shipment of oranges from his grove. Lake .Harris Fla, last week. The fruit Is very line both in size and quality. We have been informed thnt Mr. W. K. Blake has beon appointed trial justice in place of Mr? E. S. F. Giles who ha? held, that office here for several years. We do not know that this Is true and know of nothing that would Justify the change Mrs. Thomas Rutf of Winnsboro is visiting her lather Mr. G. A. Swygcrt. The little folks had a delightful social gathering at the residence of Dr. 1'. G. Parks on last .Saturday night. Nine thousand three hundred bales of cotton have been received here this ucason, 03-10 was paid for cotton last Friday. Men who arc too poor to pay what they owe their neighbors, notable to send their children to school buy good books or pay for a good newspaper are able to "buy whiskey and brutalize themselves by Indulging in drunken revelry. Home men think that the chief end of man is to pet drunk and have what they call a big time during the holidays. To make the Christmas t inre a season of Joy and Innocent merrymaking is not wrong, but let us not l'o'jjct that a year that will test our country financially will soon daw n and learn loccnnomlzc anil Invent our money fn that which will pay the greatest, divide miMr. D. A. P. Jordan leaves for Columbia today where he will be one of the attendants at Hie marriage or rrw. ,ino. u. rieming oi jNow Orleans and Miss Blss e Alexander, daughter of Gen. E. P. Alexander lu Trinity cliurcli this evening'at hall-pusC seven. Miss Lizzy Kerr, a beautiful and accomplish nd yonng 1mdy from Wlnnxboro Is visiting Miss Anno lleyno:ds. Several of our young people attended a ball given by Mr.and Mrs. u. p. O'Neall last night. All speak in glowing terms of the unbounded hospitality of Mr. O'Neall who spared no effort to secure tbo enjoyment of every one present. Mr. Henry Counts of Laurens and Miss Marlon Ilartzog were married on last. Thursday morning at eleven o'clock by Rev. L. Cntlibertof Aiken. 'J he young couple left on the twelve o'clock train for Laurens whore they will reside. They houe the f;ood wishes of a host of friends. The Sunday School Christmas tree in Waller Hall last night was attended by all the children oil the different school*. But few. If any, of t-no children were forgotten and all had au evening of pleasure that will be Jong remembered. The young men havo made every preparaiion for the ball to-morrow night, and arc expecting a larsje number of yotiug people from various p'a' es. The entertainment at ttie College on last Tuesday night was splendid and all that any one could havejexpectcd or desired. The music was charming, and the tableaux were superior to anything that we have ever had thepleasure of witnessing.. The Female College "exercises will be resumed on January 5th. Mac. "(Mrf Fogy" Strllies a Blow at tlic Public Schools. Editor Prcs and Banner : Since the war the ^durational mania has been raping through our land. It has affected nearly all classes, but has been most severe, among legislators. (Somewhere up North, It was announced that mental culture Is the panacea for all our eriIs. Presto! the thing must be done i?y law. A pnlerna! government must beeslabiished. Parental authority and responsibility must hi? set aside. The citizen must bo made to feel hisdependcnceupon the government, In the minutest concerns and most sacred relations of life. Such principles and practices may do for monarchies, but are [utterly inconsistent with republican institutions. That government fs the best which governs the least. Besides, mere mental culture Is more apt to produce a Benedict Arnold, o:.* an Aaron iinrr. than a Ualhoun or a Spurgeon. Man is a trinity. He has a physical, a mental, and a moral nature. It is his moral or spiritual nature, chiefly, that distinguishes him from beast4, and allies him tr> the Infinite, to heaven, to God. Now the ed ncatlon received from tlie State has never been successful In cultivating this highest and noblest nart of man's nature. There is a moral miasma in the very atmosphere of thcs?.ctate institutions, whether high or low. History establishes these facts. The free school system 1ms proven a fatlnre in the South. After a trial of nearly twenty years, the proportion of illiteracy is greater than ever, and yearly Increasing. A lirge ; majority of thechlldren In the country attend school from three lo lour months in the year. Hence they forget as fast as they learn, and never advance beyond poor spelling anil mis-| era hie read In sr. The parents take no Interest | in schools, since the State has undertaken to i manage the business. Any body can pet a , certificate to teach. The whole machine, as ; now run. is a curse tc the cause of education, ;an Injiry to the rising generation, and an 'abominable Imposition upon the people. It : is a disgrace to the as:e in which we live, and i ought to be abolished Instanter. The whole thing is so repulsive. so nauseating, that, It Is i a dinicult matter to consider it dispassionately. liut it i< among us, dragging Its loathsome form around, clogging the wheels of , progress, and crippling every enterprise to establish real educational institutes. The State can aid the cause of education by requiring tlio voter to be able to read, write and cipher. This Is the true policy. Tills will destroy Illiteracy. Legislators, take up this subject. Analyze It thoroughly. Then ecner1 alize it. It l?a rich mine. Respectfully, OLD FOGY. lMihlic Ilcm'fiictor. | Mr. J. C. Miller, nt his agency, Is a public benefactor. There is now no earthly excuse for wearing ill-fittinjr or bndly-macle clothing. He takes orders for the most stylish and best flttlin: clothing that can be found anywhere, fiive him an early call, and secure your clothing before the co'd weather sets. The ladies should remember that Mr. Miller has dress goods of the most beautiful styles. 1U-13 tf Tnrc Seaside Library furnishes the choicest reading at the smallest cost. Call at Speed & Neutier's and be supplied. tf Ladles' and misses' collars in white and assorted colors. Wm. K. Bell. !)-22 Dress flannel reduced from 63c. to 45c. P. Rosenberg Jc Co. Master's Sale. THE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COURT OF COMMON" PX.EAS. Emma 0. Anderson by Guardian ad litem. 5 against Mary E. Davenport et al?Partition. T)Y virtue of an order of sale made In the u above slated e;ise, I will offer for sale at i nublic outcrv at Abbeville C. H.. S. C.. on Sale J Bay in January, 1837, within the legal hours t of sale, the following described property, be-|? ilig the joint estate of \V. S. Bell and the late 11 Mrs. si. L. Bell, deceased, situate In said State 1 and County, to wit: All that tract or parcel t of lund containing Two Hundied nnd Fifty-Seven Acres, more or lets, bounded by lands of R. P. Pin- i son, Dr. W. B. Mil!wee, Beasley and oihers, i and known as Tract No. 1: Also that tract or ' parcel of laud, containing i One Hundred and Ninety-Six and 1 Six-Tenths Acres, moreorless, nnd bounded by lands of VV. J. < Wells, R. P. Blake, L. D. Morrlinan and oth- < era, and known as Tract No. 2: Also that rract or parcel of land containing Eighty Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Dr. J C. Maxwell, J. R. Blake, W. J. Wel.s. and oth- ' ers, and known as Tract No 3: Also, that tract or parcel ol land containing One Hundred and Thirty Acres, moreorless, and bounded by lands of Dr. J. 1 C. Maxwell, Beasley, ami others, and known as Tract No. 4, said lands lie on Hard Labor Creek, within two miles of the town of Greenwood. i TERMS OF SALE?One-third cash, balance j In two equal instalments payable 'none and , two years with interest "on each from day of , snle. secured bv bond of Lhe nurchasor and n. , mortgage of the promises in each instance. . Purchaser to pay the Master for papers and recording. J. C. KLUGH, Master. Dec. 10,1SSG % i Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ! COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. | COUKT OF COMMON PLEAS. 1 F. W. Wagener & Co., against W. W. Mars et al. BY virtue of an order of sale made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale at public outcry at Abbeville C. H.. S. C., on Sale 1 Day tu January, 18s7, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property, situate in Calhoun Township, In said State and County, to wit: One-half interest in the Homestead Tract formerly owned by Jolin A. Mars, said tract contalng Nine Hundred Acres* more or less. bounded by lands of Mrs. Jane Lee, VV. D. Mars, Estate oi D. M. Rogers, and others, and lying on waters of Little River: ( Also, that tract of land, known as the Bellotte Tract formerly owned by Thomas Thomson, the said tract being Screnty-Fivc Acrcs, more or less, and bounded by lands of W. IX Mars, M. O folman, and others, and lying on waters of Little River: Also, one-fourth Interest In the Covin Tract, lormerly owued by W. D. Mars, said tract containing One Hundred and Sixty Acrcs, more or less, and bounded by lands of Mrs. ! Jane Lee, E-taie of D. M. Rogers, Jarues'fuse- ' gart, and others, and lying on waters of Little River. TERMS OF SALE?One-half ca-sli, and the remainder on a credit ?f twelve months trora day of sale wLtli interest at seven per cent, the payment, of the credit portion to be secured by bond and mort^ue of the premises i with leave to purchaser to pay .ill cash If preferred. Purchaser to pay the Master for papers and recording. J. C. KLUGH, Master. Dec. 10, 1SSG 3t Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COVKT OF COMMON FirEAS. F. \V. Wagener Co.. et nh, ngalnst T. Luclen Douglass, etui.?r orccioisure. I T>Y virtue of an order of sale made In th? -l-, above slated ease, I will offer for sale at pubiic outcry, at Abbeville C. H.,S. C., on Sale Day In Junuary, 1^7, within the legal hours ol sale, tho following described property, situate in said Slate and County, to wit: All that lot or parcel of land, on Magazine street, in the town of Abbeville, bounded on the North and Ea6t l>y the lands of Mrs. F. J. Marshall, on West by lot of Tlios. McUcttigan, fronting on Magazine street and running back to launch street, with the Dwelling Honsc and Improvements thereon, being the lot purchased from Mrs. F. J. Marshall, fronting one hundred feet on Magazine street, and the same on Uranch street-In rear of lot. Also, that plantation or tract of land, containing Two Hundred Acre?. more or less, about two miles from Abbeville Court House. S. CI, conveyed to me by G. A. Douglass,21 December, 1K84, and bounded by lands of L. Wardlaw Smith, Charles Weems, John C. Douglass, u. A. Douglass and others. T1CICMS OF SALK?"'lie-half eaffb, balance ; on a ciedit of twelve months, with Interest! from day of sale, secured by bund of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises in each instance. Purchaser to pay the Master for papers and recording. J. C. KLUGIT, Dec. 13,1.S8G, 3t Master. Master's Sale. TIIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COURT OF COM3102? PLEAS. Jasper Carlisle against Elizabeth Carlisle, et a 1.?Partition. T>Y virtue of an order of sale made In the -L' above slated case, I will offrr for sale at public outcry, at Abbeville C. 1L, S. C., on Saleday in January, ls?7, within the legal hours of sale, the follow I ni' described properly, situate In said State and County, to wit: "All that tract or parcel of land, known as Tract No. 1 containing Sixty-Two Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Tracts No. 2 and No, 3, xmd lands formerly owned by E. Noble and Win. Hill. Also that tract or pared of land, known as Tract No?. Zcoutaluin^ Forty-Seveu Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Tract No. 1. lands formerly owned by E. NobK D. I L. Wardlaw and others. Also, Tract No. 3 containing Ninety-Seven Acrcs, more or less, and bounded by Tract No. 1, lands' formerly owned by Win. Hili, Esiate of Nancy Wilson, lands of Patrick lioche und uujri*. TERMS OF SALE?Cash. Purchaser to pay the Muster for papers. J. C. K LUGII, Master. Dee, 10, 18SG, 3t Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COriCT OF COMMON PLEAS. Johnston,Crews & Co, against J. Frank Smith et a 1.?Foreclosure. 73 Y virtue of an order of sale made in tlicj1 above stated case. I will offer for sale at public outcry,at Abbeville C. II., S.C., on Saleday In January, 1887, within the legal liours of sale, the following described properly, situate in said State and County, to wit; One lot' i or parcel of land iu Donaldsvlllc, containing Twenty-Five by Sixty Feet, more or less, bounded by lots of E. II. Booker, . B. J. Martin <* Co., and Ball'* road. \ TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, remain-.: der on credit of twelve months, with interest from day ol sale, secured by bond of the pur-1 chaser and a mortgage of the premises, l'ur- j chaser to pay the Master for papers and rccordlug. J. C. KLUGII, Master. Dec. 10,138(5,3t i Master's Sale. . THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. , COCItT OF COMMON 1'1-EAS. Rosa It. Cater against Arabella O. Prcsslcy ct . al.?Partition. T5Y virtue of an order of sale made in the -L> above stated ease, I will ofl'er for sole at! public outcry, at Abbeville <'. II., s. C'., on Sale-!. day in Janu?r.v, 1SS7, wiibin the leg.il hours j ( of sale, the following described properly, situ-!, nte in said Slate and County, to wit: All tlmtj tract or parcel of land lately belonging to.' \Vm. A. Press ley, deceased, containing One Hundred and Sixtv-Tlirce Acres, i more or less, bounded by lands of Mrs. A. G.1J Pressley, .1 nines M. Latimer, James T. Lati- , mer. and others. TERMS OK SALE?Cash. Purchaser to pay the blaster for papers. J. C. KLUG1I, Master. Dcc. 10,1SSG, 3t Master's Sale. rHE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. * COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. 5. McCord <fc Son against T. N. Dalli?.?ForeClosure. ? HY virtue of an order of sale made In the ** above stated case, I will offer for sale at subtle outcry at Abbeville C. II., S. C., on Sale Day in January, 1887, within the legal hours >f sale, the following described property, sltn lie piiru.y in nil' couniy 01 Aouevnie mm airily In the county of EagelleM In said State ;owlt: All that tract or parcel of land confining Six Hundred Acres, iiorc or less, bounded by lands of Albert Harnon, other lands off. N. Dallis Estate of fohn Martin,?the same being h part of the 'Harmon Tract," which originally contained seven hundred acres, of which one hundred teres have been sold to Albert Harmon. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance .n twelve months, secured by bond atid mortr ;age, with the option to pay all cash. Pur :haser to pay the Master for papers and re:ordlng. J. C. KLUGH, Master. Dec. 10, 1886 3L Master's Sale. rHE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COURT OK COMMON FLEAS. Francis Arnold against Sarah G. Sheppard, et al.?Foreclosure. DY virtue of an order of sale made In the above stated case, I will ofl'er for sale at public outcry, at Abbeville 0. H.,S. C., on SaleJay In January, 1SS7, within the leyal hours 3f sale, the following described property, situif a In lil C?*?ifn nnH Pnti n t, tn u?it All lit tit Lract or parcel* of land, in "lS'lnoty-Stx Township containing Four flondred Acres, moie or less, bounded by lands of Mrs. M. E. Sanders, Mrs. E. H. Hill, M. B. Lipscomb, and Saluda Tlivfler. TERMS OF SALE?One-half ca&h,the balance on a credit' of twelve Months, with interest from day of sale, sccurtd by bond and mortg.i2e of the premtfse*. Purchaser to pay the Master for papers and recording. J. C. KLUGH, Master. Dec. 10,1883,3t Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COW RT OF COMMON PLEAS. Mrs. Wm. H. Farlter against G. S. Merrlwether.?Foreclosure. T3Y virtue of an order of sale made in the L' above stated case, I will offer for sale at public outcry at Abbeville C. H? S. O., on Sale Day In January, 1S87, within the lwgal hours of sale, the following described property, situate In said State and County, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land on Wilson's Creek containing One Hundred and Twenty-Seven Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of J. W. Calhoun, Mrs. Emily Cheatham, J. W. Fooshe. J. C. Young and the Dower tract. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance in twelve months with interest from day of sale secured by bond or the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay ine iUusier jor uujierx uiiu rccuiunm. J. C. KLUGH, Master. Dcc. 10, 18S0. 3t Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS'. B, S. Parnwell against Lctllia Maddox.? Foreclosure. DY virtue or an order or pale made in the D above stated ca*er I Wl 11 offer far sale at public outcry at Abbeville C. II., H. C., on Sale Day In January. 1*87, within the legal hour* ot sale, the following described property, situate In said State and County, to wit: All that tract or parcel of laud, known as the "Home Place" containing One Hundred and. Foor Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Walker Higglns, A. E. Hughes, and others. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance on a credit nf twelve months with Interest from day of sale, secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay the Master foe papers and recording. J. C. KLUGU, Master. Dee. 10, lSrG 3t. Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COURT OF COMMON l'LEAS. Francis A. Connor against Henry H. Owens. ?Foreclosure. BY virtue of an order of sale made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale at public outcry at Abbeville C. H.. S. C., on Sale Day in January, 1887, within the legal hours of sale, the lollowinu deseribed property, situate In said State and County, to wft: All tbat house and lot now owned and occupied by the said Henry Owens, in the village of Cokesbury containing Acrc9, ntore or less, bounded ny innas or me ioi of A. M. E. Church, Alex. Shaw and Joel Townsenrt. Also tlisit tract or parcel of luud iu Cokcsbury, containing >mcty Acres, more or less, ami boundrd by lands of Mrs. M. C. Gary, Alex. Ellis, Joel Towusend, and others). TERMS OF SALE?Cash. Purchaser to pay the Master for papers. J. c. KLUUH, Master. Dec. 10, 1S8C 3t. Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SODTH CAROLINA, county of Abbeville. COURT OF COMMON I'LEAS. Mrs. Wm. II. Pnrker ainlnst W. B. Mcrrlwether.?Foreclosure. BY virtue of an order of sale made In the above stated case, I will offer for sale Rt public outcry at Abbeville. C. H., S. C., 011 Sale l)ay In January. 1S87, within the legal hours of sale, tllll following aexcri Utu iniijnriij. situate in said State and county to wit: "All that tract or parcel of laud, on Wilson's Creek containing Ouc Hundred nnd Twenty-Five Acres, more or Joss, bounded by lands of J. C. Young, Thomas Pin.sou, J. \V\ Calhoun, and the Dower Tract, being that tract of land devised to me by the Wla of M. E. Merrlwether i late deceased." To be sold In one or more tracts as may be deemed advisable. TERMS Ob' SALE?One-half cash balance on credit of twelve months with Interest from day of sael secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay the Master for papers and recording. J. C. KLUGH, Master. _Dcc. 10, 1SS6, 3t. Master's Sale. THE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COlTItT OF COMMON PLEAS. C. Aultman & Co., acalnst Glllum Bro's., ct al.?Foreclosure. T>Y vlrjue of an order of sale made In the! -* ' above stated case, I will ofl'er for stile at j public outcry at Abbeville C. IL, S. O.. on Sale j I lay In January. 1S87, witliln tlie legal hours tif sale, the following described property, situ-j ?to in said State and County, to wit: Onalotl In the town of Troy, and the building thereon containing Three-Fourths (}) of an Acre, more or less, bounded by lands of It. W Mtes; Also, One 33x45 New Model Vibrator Sepnrntor No. 15,059. TERMS OF SALE?Cash. Purchaser to pay the Master for papers. i J. C. KLUGH, Master. Doc. 10. 1886 3t Mortgage Sale. T>Y VIRTUE of a power of sale conferred ' upon me, under n mortgage given by E. | [J. Bendy dated :<rd day of January, ISM, 11 iv i 11 sell at Abbeville C. II., on Sale Day in; fanuary next (3d) the tract of land in Abbeville County containing Sixty-Eight Acres, norc or less, and bounded by lands of G. W. [ Connor. Samuel Jamison, Mitchell Goggins,; ind It. A. Lawson. TERMS OF SALE?Cash. F. A. CONNOR. Cokcsbury, Dcc. 6,1S86. 3t ?p?i??1 Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOOTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, ;.y 1 COtRT Of COMMON I*LEAS. | James E. Caldwell Against Margaret C. Catd- . J well, eta!.?Partition. T1Y virtue of nn cider of.sale wi.tJo In tbe XJ above stated ca*e, I .will offer tot sale nt ?jl nubile outcry at Abbeville C. H., 8. C, on Sale M Day lu January, 1SS7, nlthlu the legal hours of sale, the following described property, Mta ute lu said State and County, to wit: Ail that tract or parcel of laud, containing Thirttien" Acres", more or let&, bounded by lands oI T. G. Baker and others, being the real (state of Mr*. M. -6. A Caldwell, deceased, at Mt. Carmei, said tract - ?| maybe divided into several lo<*f'and if: to - . w they wifl be sold separately and plat* will be exhibited on day of sale. Also lots3'aud 8of ? tbe former survey, each containing" One and One-Fonrtb Acrcs, more or less, which were bid off for platntUt at lormer sale, will be resold. ' ?S TKRMS OF SALE-One-half of the purchase money to be paid In cash, the balance on twelve months credit, with Interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises, with the right to pay the whole of tbe purchase money cash if they so elect. TPurchasers to pay tbe Master for papers and >' 1 recording. J. C. KLUGH, * Dec. 10,1883. 3t Master. Master's Sale. THE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, | DOUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A. J. CUnkKcaies Assignee of Snmncl A Hutchinson against Henry Bell - r'V-3 et al.?Foreclosure. ' T5Y virtue of an order of sale made in-the u ubove stated case, I will offer for salt* at '/ Sublfc outcry at Abbeville U. H., 8. Cr?n Sale- . ay In January, 1887, within the legal hours of sale, the following' described property, nil- . , uate in said State and county, to wit: All - . . that tract or parcel of land, known as the ? Talbert land containing . : Two Hundred and Fifty-Sir Acre?f - ^ more or less, bounded by land* of J. H.Bell, V4s North and East. Mouth by land formerly be- , . \.;i longing to Samuel Huuter, and West by land of Henry Johnson. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cosh, balance In twelve months with interest frouwday of nalo secured by bond of nnrchuser nrstf mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay the ',{ Master for papers and recording. ?g J. C. KLUGH, Master. iVc . Dec. 10, 1886, 3t Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CABOLIHA, * COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. ' COUKT OF COMMON PLEAS. ' 'iM t&i Ida P. Williams et nl, against Lata A. Power et al.?Partition. ; s: TJY virtue of an order of sale made In the -1-* above stated o??etI will offer for sale & ., puoiic ornery ai> auwvinc \j. u-,s>. ?/., wcqnc day in January) 1"S7, within (lie legal bourr ?," or Bale, the following described property, of . 't Amanda Johnson, deceased, and L. J. Johnson, deceased. siiuate in *ald State and conn- ?ty to wit: All that tract or parcel of laud, -4 containing Foar Hundred Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of J. 8. OodiR ran-, Joint Penney, Newton Knox, and others. _ To bejesold at tiie rlnls of Mr*. Ida P. Wll- i liams, former-purchaser. " - ' " A TERMd OF HALE-One-balf ca?h, balance in twelve months with Interest from day of * sale secured by bond of of the purchaser and i a mortgage of the premises. Purchasertopay the Matter for papers and recording J. C. KLUGII, Muster, Dec. 10, 1886 3t. - ???? ; Master's Sale. THE STATE UF SOUTH C A B0L15A , COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. ? COUBT OF COMMON PLKHS. - -//I Gary & Evans against Mary Adams.?Foreclosure. T>Y virtue of an order of sale made In the . " above slated case, I will offer, foctule.nl . j public outcry at Abbeville C. II., 8. (J.ron 8ale j uny in January, ra, witnin me le.tw.uoow of Hale, the following described property, ate In saidState and county, to wit: Oue House and Lot*. V ! In the town of Abbeville bounded cn tlicr 'i. North by tne house* and loto of Wm. SIcDoiu?ld and liobt. Hill, on tli?* Sou III by a lot belonging to John Knos, on the Ea-st by m Iioubo and lot of Edward Ilendcrson-nud Lee Knox's lot, and on tbe West by a street that runs- by the lull. TERMS OF SALE^Cash. Purchaser to pay the Muster for papers J. C. KLUGH, Master. Dec. 10,1886,3t Sheriff's Sale. James M. Snlllvan and other* against Jno. R. Tolbert et ul.?Sundry Executions. TJY virtue of sundry executions to me dlreetiJ ed, In the above stated vane, I will sett to ! the highest bidder, at puollc auction, within | the legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court j House, on Monday, the third day of January, , 1887. all the right, tide and Interest of'Jno. K. Tolbert in the following described.property, to vvlt: Tract No. 1, containing ' TURKS HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE ACRES, more or less, bounded by Innds of J. A. Partlow, P. B. HrooKs, the Laurens lands and others. Tract No. 2. containing ELEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX AUillWS, . i more or less, and bounded by J. Milling:, P. B. Brooks and others, formerly known us theI Butler lands. Tract No. 3, containing FOUR HUNDRED ACRES* more or less, and bounded by P. B. Brooks, Le? ltoy Lee. iV. McNeill and others, and knowu as the Horn tract. Tract No. 4, containing TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE ACRES. more or less, and bounded by T. A. Watson, D. J. Tolbert, Mrs. Whit.lojk and others, and known as die McNeill place. Levicilon and lo be sold as the property of Jno.R. Tfolbert, to satlsly the nforesuid executions and costs. " TEUMS-Cash. * J. F. C. DuPRE, Sheriff Abbeville CountyDec. 16.1SSC, St Sheriff's Sale. John T. Lyon, et at, niralnst Jno. D. Adams.? Sundry Executions. T?Y virtue of Sundry Executions to me dfreeled. In the nbove stated case, I wli! sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, with- ^ in the legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court y House, on M?ndsv,the third day of January, A.D., 1887, the following described property to , wit: All thirtlractor jiarcel of land, kiutatc, ! tut,.., nmi hoinir iii t lio fSnnntv of Abbeville. I Smith V'HrolinaT anil known as "the Homeutoaii Place, and containing | ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACBESy more or lesfl, ond bounded by lands of J. M. -r Graham, the Greenville and Smith Forry Road, and others. Levied on nud to be sold as the property of Jno. D. Adams, to wiilsfy the afomuld Executions and costs. TERMS . -Cnsh. J. F. C. DcPRE. Dee. 15, ]&"G. Sheriff. Sheriff's Sale. D.H. Chamberlain acd others aealnst Mary K. Brown.?Sundry Executions. T3Y vlrtueof sundry executions to me direct -L' e>l, In the above stated case, I will sell 10 the highest bidder, at public auction, within the legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, on Monduy, the third day of January, A. D. 18*7, the following described property to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and beiug in the County of Abbeville, .South Carolina, and containing ONE HUNDRED & THIRTY-TWO ACRES, more or less, and bounded by lands of J. Edward Calhoun, M. J. McCelvy, c. A. White and others. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Mary E. Brown, to satisfy tlio aforesaid execution and costs. TERMS?Cash. J. F. C. DirPRE, Sheriff Abbeville County. Dcc. 13, 1880, 3t ~ SALE OF LAND ~~ UNDER MORTGAGE, TJY VIRTUE of mortgage given to me by -L' John R. Tolbert, dated 18th November, 1880, recorded Oth December, 1880, Volume 18, pane 189, and certified by M. G. Zeiglee, Reg., I will seh at Abbeville C. H., on Sale Day In January next (1887) All that tract of land ly? ing 111 \> IJI US Xlclll tU?UOUX^ RIIIU IV Two Hundred and Twenty-Five (225) Acres, more or less, honnded by lands of D. J. Tol* ber, T. A. Watson, Mrs. Whillock and others, and known as the T. A. \Vat.?on Homestend. TEltMS? C'asb. Turcliaser to pay for papers. d a. e, McNeill. Dcc. 11,1S86.